I need to rant.
I always feel awkward or like I’m “pushing my OC” on people when I bring them up. I’m a firm believer that you need to be obsessed with your OC’s because who else is going to be, but I also know I ramble and talk in excess about things I like or am excited about. It makes plotting hard as the voices tell me I should just stick to canon, no one’s going to be as excited or interested in my OC as I am, and sometimes I feel like giving up instead of ignoring the negativity and the weight it puts on my heart.
But that’s stupid. Why am I ok with other people raving over their oc’s or canon characters, something I genuinely enjoy because people are amazing and what they can come up with out of nothing is astounding, but when it comes to my own I feel like I don’t have the right?
I’m proud of my OC’s, even if some of them are more than a little odd, and put my love into each of them as they slowly fabricate from a thought in my head to a full blown character. They are unique to me and special. I’m sick of all the anti-oc discourse and feeling ashamed of something I find joy in.
